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Haiti vs. Dominican Republic

Demographics

HaitiDominican Republic
Population11,198,240 (July 2021 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
10,597,348 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 31.21% (male 1,719,961/female 1,734,566)

15-24 years: 20.71% (male 1,145,113/female 1,146,741)

25-54 years: 38.45% (male 2,110,294/female 2,145,209)

55-64 years: 5.3% (male 280,630/female 305,584)

65 years and over: 4.33% (male 210,451/female 269,228) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 26.85% (male 1,433,166/female 1,385,987)

15-24 years: 18.15% (male 968,391/female 937,227)

25-54 years: 40.54% (male 2,168,122/female 2,088,926)

55-64 years: 8.17% (male 429,042/female 428,508)

65 years and over: 6.29% (male 310,262/female 350,076) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 24.1 years

male: 23.8 years

female: 24.3 years (2020 est.)
total: 27.9 years

male: 27.8 years

female: 28.1 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate1.22% (2021 est.)0.92% (2021 est.)
Birth rate21.4 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)18.24 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-2.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.01 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female

total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 41.29 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 47.1 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 35.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 21.68 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 24.08 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 65.61 years

male: 62.94 years

female: 68.31 years (2021 est.)
total population: 72.28 years

male: 70.57 years

female: 74.06 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate2.48 children born/woman (2021 est.)2.23 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate1.9% (2020 est.)0.9% (2020 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Haitian(s)

adjective: Haitian
noun: Dominican(s)

adjective: Dominican
Ethnic groupsBlack 95%, mixed and White 5%mixed 70.4% (Mestizo/Indio 58%, Mulatto 12.4%), Black 15.8%, White 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est.)

note: respondents self-identified their race; the term "indio" in the Dominican Republic is not associated with people of indigenous ancestry but people of mixed ancestry or skin color between light and dark
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS150,000 (2020 est.)72,000 (2020 est.)
ReligionsProtestant/Methodist/Adventist/Jehovah's Witness 51.8%, Roman Catholic 35.4%, Vodou 1.7%, none 11% (2016-17 est.)

note: many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003
Roman Catholic 44.3%, Evangelical 13%, Protestant 7.9%, Adventist 1.4%, other 1.8%, atheist 0.2%, none 29.4%, unspecified 2% (2018 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths2,200 (2020 est.)1,900 (2020 est.)
LanguagesFrench (official), Creole (official)

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Spanish (official)

major-language sample(s):
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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 61.7%

male: 65.3%

female: 58.3% (2016)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 93.8%

male: 93.8%

female: 93.8% (2016)
Major infectious diseasesdegree of risk: very high (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
degree of risk: high (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever
Education expenditures2.8% of GDP (2018)NA
Urbanizationurban population: 58% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 83.2% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 91.5% of population

rural: 55.4% of population

total: 75% of population

unimproved: urban: 8.5% of population

rural: 44.6% of population

total: 25% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 98.3% of population

rural: 92% of population

total: 96.7% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.7% of population

rural: 8% of population

total: 3.3% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 80.6% of population

rural: 40% of population

total: 62.1% of population

unimproved: urban: 19.4% of population

rural: 60% of population

total: 37.9% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 96.3% of population

rural: 89.5% of population

total: 95% of population

unimproved: urban: 13.8% of population

rural: 3.7% of population

total: 5% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population2.844 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2021)3.389 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2021)
Maternal mortality rate480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)95 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight9.5% (2016/17)4% (2013)
Health expenditures7.7% (2018)5.7% (2018)
Physicians density0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)1.53 physicians/1,000 population (2011)
Hospital bed density0.7 beds/1,000 population (2013)1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate22.7% (2016)27.6% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth22.4 years (2016/7 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
20.9 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
Contraceptive prevalence rate34.3% (2016/17)69.5% (2014)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 60.4

youth dependency ratio: 52.1

elderly dependency ratio: 8.3

potential support ratio: 13.3 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 53.8

youth dependency ratio: 42.2

elderly dependency ratio: 11.6

potential support ratio: 8.6 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook